NHAI increases toll fee by 4-5% across country starting today

NHAI notifies toll rate hikes for all the national highways and expressways separately.

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has announced an average toll hike of 5 percent starting today on national highways and expressways.

The revised toll charges for motorists on national highways across the country have come into effect from Tuesday, a senior highways ministry official told PTI.

NHAI notifies toll rate hikes for all the national highways and expressways separately.According to him, the change in toll fee is part of an annual exercise to revise the rates that are linked to the changes in the wholesale price index-based inflation.

Every year, it is implemented from April 1. India's extensive national highway network features approximately 855 toll plazas. Of these, around 675 are public-funded, while the remaining 180 are operated by concessionaires. The toll hikes are part of an annual exercise conducted under the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008.

Out of these, around 675 are public-funded fee plazas and 180 are concessionaire-operated toll plazas.The revised rates will affect the commuters of key routes across the country, including Delhi-Meerut Experssways, Eastern Peripheral Expressway, and Delhi-Jaipur Highway, among others.